" Every time I play against Federer I feel that I did not play as well as I could, now I understand that he makes me play bad"-Soderling, runner up French Open 2009.
Just when many wrote him off, just when the evening skies where visible at a distance, just when one man named Rafa terrified him final after final, just when everyone said oh he needed that or he needed a coach or a bubble bath, he rose.
The Swiss Star will now go home and look at his trophies and say," finally everything is in place". His dream as a kid was to win a Wimbledon, he lived way past his dreams winning it five times. Today he joins two great tennis stars who created a unique league. He joins Pete with his 14 titles and Aggasi who won all the majors. And if some one still doubted if he was the greatest, he wouldn't care.
Federer was obviously in an emotional mix way before the last set, "It was very hard mentally for me to stay within the match during the match, because my mind was always wondering, What if?" he said. "What if I win this tournament? What does that mean? What will I possibly say?" said Federer in the post macth press conference.
Sorry for Nadal, elated for Federer.
14 and counting!
Signing off with one last wish - The brave conquer what most men fear, defeat Nadal before its time to hang up those "pushed to the limit" tennis shoes!
Soderling (SWE) Federer (SUI)
1st Serve %55 of 91 = 60 %52 of 79 = 66 %
Aces 2 16
Double Faults 3 2
Unforced Errors 22 24
Winning % on 1st Serve 35 of 55 = 64 % 44 of 52 = 85 %
Winning % on 2nd Serve 20 of 36 = 56 % 18 of 27 = 67 %
Winners (Including Service) 24 41
Receiving Points Won 17 of 79 = 22 % 36 of 91 = 40 %
Break Point Conversions 0 of 2 = 0 % 4 of 6 = 67 %
Net Approaches 13 of 20 = 65 % 9 of 11 = 82 %
Total Points Won 72 98
Fastest Serve Speed 221 KMH 213 KMH
Average 1st Serve Speed 197 KMH 190 KMH
Average 2nd Serve Speed 159 KMH 152 KMH
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